SCOUG, Warp Expo West, and Warpfest are trademarks of the
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OS/2, Workplace Shell, and IBM are registered trademarks of
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All other trademarks remain the property of their respective owners.

If you are installing the zip file version, you must unzip the zip
file yourself into a directory and then create or update a program
object accordingly.

This version requires the GCC runtime; download that at
http://download.innotek.de/gccos2/runtime/libc-0.5.1.exe (a self-extracting executable). The EMX runtime is no longer required if you
don't already have it installed. The GCC runtime installer defaults
to x:\OS2\DLL (where x is your OS/2 or eComStation boot drive); it
may be preferable to put the runtime in the same directory as the
Seamonkey executable.

The WarpZilla team has released Bon Echo Alpha 2 as of 05/23/2006. It
is the second developer milestone on the path to Firefox 2.0. Firefox
has been demoed by Tony Butka at previous SCOUG general meetings. It
is a stand-alone browser based on Mozilla that does not include mail,
news, composer, IRC, and the other frills.
An announcement last year said that there will not be any more versions
of Mozilla (as produced by the Mozilla Foundation) past the 1.7.x series,
so Firefox is now the Foundation's official browser. Go to
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/bonecho/alpha2/contrib/;
the file name is bonecho-alpha2-os2.zip. More info is at
http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/.

Since this is an alpha release, it is recommended for use only by
developers and testers (unless you like playing with alphas).
Therefore it is recommended you stick with Firefox 1.5.0.2 (see
the May 2006 Download!)

You must unzip the zip file yourself into a directory and then create
or update a program object accordingly.

These versions require the GCC runtime; download that at
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.1-csd1.zip. The EMX runtime
is no longer required if you don't already have it installed. It is
suggested that you place LIBC061.DLL & GCC335.DLL in the same
directory as the Bon Echo executable, since this is a different
version of the GCC compiler than Firefox/Thunderbird 1.5.0.2, or for
that matter, Seamonkey 1.0.2.

WarpVision, which was demoed by Jordan Fox at the June 2004 SCOUG
general meeting, is now at version 1.0.1 as of 05/23/2006. This is a
player for DivX-3, DivX-4, DivX-5, XViD, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVI, and ASF,
with MP3/AC3 audio, DVD support, video overlay support, a Mozilla
plugin (requires registration), and is skinnable. Go to
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/wvgui/.

Paul Smedley has been busy! He's also released Apache version 2.2.2 beta 1 as of 05/05/2006.
It is the premier web server of the Internet; newer versions use multi-
threading and offer big performance improvements. Go to
http://smedley.info/os2ports.html.

DOSBox Front End version 3.0 has been released as of 05/30/2006. This
is a GUI front-end for launching games using DOSBox. Use search key
dosboxfront on Hobbes.

NOTES:

The author (Chris Roossien) says that this version is NOT compatible
with DOSBox version 0.63 or older; you must use DOSBox version 0.65
(see below under "This month's new listings: Applications).

The author now has a converter to convert older DOSBox Front End
CMD files to DOSBox 0.65; use search key dosboxfrontconverter on Hobbes.

NesCafe version 0.616 has been released. This is a Java Nintendo
Entertainment System emulator, which includes the source code under the
GPL. Go to http://www.davieboy.net/nescafe/.

PMRaw version 1.41 has been released as of 05/09/2006. This is a
graphical front-end to dcraw, which lets you display images from
digital cameras in RAW format, and convert them to BMP or JPG. Go to
http://os2.zworks.de/PMRaw/eng/.

XWLAN (Wireless LAN Monitor) version 2.14 has been released as of
05/25/2006. It is available as a XCenter widget as well as a stand-
alone program, and features connection monitoring, multiple connection
profiles, generation of WEP keys, and more. English and German National
Language support. Use search key xwlan on Hobbes, or go to
http://wlan.netlabs.org/. NOTE: XWorkPlace or eWorkPlace (which comes
with eComStation) is a prerequisite.

UpdCD version 2.57 has been released as of 05/03/2006. It can be used
to update the base Warp 3, Warp 4, Warp Server for e-Business, Convenience
Pack, or eComStation installation files with FixPaks, and supports the
creation of updated installation diskettes. You can use the updated
OS/2 image in conjunction with these diskettes to create new installations
of OS/2 which already incorporate the FixPaks and other software. Go
to http://www.updcd.tk/. NOTE: This is a fix release which should be installed on top of an existing UpdCD 2.5x installation.

DFSee, which has been presented by Tony Butka at previous SCOUG general
meetings, is now at version 8.02 as of 06/01/2006. It is an FDISK,
display, and recovery tool for disks and filesystems. It includes the
ability to resize FAT and FAT32 partitions, and now has expanded JFS
support (allowing filesystem check, recovery, undelete, and smart
imaging). It also now has enhancements for removable media such as
eject, discover and display removable-status in many existing displays.
Go to http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/. Tony's tutorial on DFSee is at
http://www.scoug.com/os24u/2001/scoug012.dfseetutorial.html.

There is a zip file version, and now a version that can be installed
using WarpIN as well.

ClamAV version 0.88.2 has been released as of 05/05/2006. This is a
GPL anti-virus toolkit, which features a command-line scanner, a tool
for automatic updating via the Internet, and integration with mail
servers (attachment scanning). Use search key clamav on
Hobbes.

CDDVDrtools version 1.6rc1 has been released as of 05/26/2006. This is
based on CDRecord with the OSSDVD patch. It doesn't require ASPIROUT.SYS,
and USB CD/DVD devices are supported. It now includes a custom OS2CDROM.DMD
with support for a new CD/DVD transport. Go to
http://froloff.homeip.net/.

SoX (Sound eXchange) version 12.18.1 has been released as of 04/26/2006.
It translates sound samples between different file formats, and optionally
applies various sound effects. Some of the formats supported are AIFF,
AU, PCM, CD-R (music CD format), VOC, WAV, and many others. Go to
http://froloff.homeip.net/utils/. NOTE: More info is at
http://sox.sourceforge.net/.

WDSibyl has been updated as of 05/13/2006. This is an open-source
continuation of the commercial product Sibyl, which is a Pascal / Delphi
compiler. The web site is in German, but there is English documentation
available. Go to http://members.chello.at/webstar/wdsibyl.html.

MultiZilla version 1.8.2.0i has been released as of 05/21/2006. This
is an extension that adds more features to the tabbed interface in
Mozilla. Go to http://multizilla.mozdev.org/.

IBM Alphaworks has released version 1.2.9 of a MPEG-4 player and content
creator development kit that works with Java 1.3.1 as of 04/24/2006.
According to Steve Wendt, it plays MPEG-4 video (samples included) just
fine on a PII-300MHz machine. Go to http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/tk4mpeg4.

FFMpeg version 0.49pre has been updated as of 05/11/2006. This is a
complete (command-line driven) solution to record, convert, and stream
audio and video. Go to
http://smedley.info/os2ports.html.

Links version 2.1pre21 has been released as of 05/11/2006. It is a
small and fast web browser that supports graphics, Javascript, font
smoothing, tables, and allows for considerable customization of the
cache, character set, and more. Go to
ftp://weird.da.ru/os2/internet/pmlinks-2.1pre21-emx.zip. NOTE: By the
file name, it seems to imply that the EMX runtime is needed; if you are
not running eComStation 1.1 or greater (where it is installed by
default), use search key emxrt on Hobbes. For help with installation, see the June 2002 Mr. Know-It-All
(http://www.scoug.com/os24u/2002/scoug206.mrkia.html).

Brutus version 1.0 beta 2 has been released as of 05/17/2006. This is
a Java 1.4 program to organize and catalog collections of albums
(recordings), books, movies, and software, such as LP's, CD's, DVD's,
MPG files, or anything else. Go to
http://www.casaerwin.com/Brutus.html.

T&V HappyPlayer version 2.00 beta 7 has been released as of 05/09/2006.
This is a PM application that operates TV cards built on the Brooktree
BT848 chip, including some ATI and nVidia cards. Go to
http://en.ecomstation.ru/projects/happyplayer/.

Guiffy, which has been presented at several SCOUG general meetings in the past,
is now at version 7.3 as of 05/08/2006. It is a file compare / merge
(diff-like) tool with a GUI implemented in Java. Go to
http://www.guiffy.com/.

DCRaw version 8.17 has been released as of 05/16/2006. It is a digital
camera RAW file conversion utility. Use search key dcraw on
Hobbes.

MediaPlayerConnectivity version 0.6.2 has been released as of 05/21/2006.
This extension for Firefox and Seamonkey replaces video streams with a
button that allows you to launch external players, such as WarpVision.
Go to http://membres.lycos.fr/sethnakht/.

JExpressProfessional version 7.0 has been released. It allows you to
create Java-based multi-lingual installers and auto-updaters. An easy-to-use Swing interface allows you to design your installers quickly
without requiring any programming. It can also select the exact
classes your Java app uses, build your directory tree, and produce JAR
files. Go to http://www.denova.com/.

Ghostscript version 8.54 has been released as of 05/23/2006. It is a
freeware PostScript interpreter/converter for generating Acrobat (PDF)
documents; it is also the display engine for GSView. Go to
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/.

Pipepatch has been released as of 05/29/2006. It will increase the pipe
buffer size of pipes instantiated with the pipe operator (|) of CMD.EXE
from 512 bytes to 65,024 bytes (by default). This will significantly
improve the throughput and reduce the CPU load. In fact, it reduces
the minimum number of task switches per megabyte from 4,096 to about 33.
Use search key pipepatch on Hobbes.

EmperoarTV, which has been demoed by Jerry Rash at previous SCOUG general
meetings, is now at version 1.08r as of 05/30/2006. This software brings
support for the Hauppauge PVR150/250/350/500 TV cards, including high-
quality MPEG2 hard disk recording and playback. You can listen to FM
radio programs in stereo, watch TV programs in excellent image quality,
and more. Also available is DVDFront, a front-end that simplifies the
creation of video DVDs out of recordings made by EmperoarTV. It now
supports both WarpOverlay and SNAP overlays. Go to
http://www.s-t.de/emperoar/.

DirDiff version 2.07 has been released as of 05/28/2006. It is a
directory compare program, and compares all files in two sub-directories
or whole directory trees. It can be used for many file management
activities, and is a must-have tool for software developers. Go to
http://www.ws-it.de/en/product/ddiff/.

PCI Utilities version 2.2.3 has been released as of 06/01/2006. This
package contains various utilities for inspecting and setting of devices
connected to the PCI bus. Use search key pciutils on
Hobbes.

SCOUG, Warp Expo West, and Warpfest are trademarks of the Southern California OS/2 User Group.
OS/2, Workplace Shell, and IBM are registered trademarks of International
Business Machines Corporation.
All other trademarks remain the property of their respective owners.